HMIEL GETS 1ST DIRT WIN IN HOOSIER HUNDRED!

Indianapolis, IN…….Shane Hmiel of Pleasant Garden, N.C. won Friday night’s 58th Hoosier Hundred USAC Silver Crown Championship race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The win in the Rotondo Weirich/Champion Brands Beast/Toyota was Shane’s first ever on dirt! He was leading when the race was stopped by a competition red flag after lap 51 but was among the first eight leaders who all changed right rear tires and had to restart back in the field. He actually ended up 12th in the re-alignment but ran down leader Russ Gamester on lap 77 and held on the rest of the way for the victory. Series champion and point leader Bud Kaeding finished second ahead of Jerry Coons Jr., Kody Swanson and Dave Darland. Levi Jones started on the pole and eventually finished 11th. On the lap 52 restart Shane Hollingsworth ended up as the leader but three laps later Gamester went to the front on another restart and he led until Hmiel took over. Gamester eventually retired from competition on lap 95. Bobby East escaped injury in a flip on lap 10.



USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 28, 2010 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana Statet Fairgrounds – 58th “Hoosier Hundred”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart/Curb Agajanian-33.090; 2. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-33.201; 3. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-33.285; 4. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-33.057; 5. Brad Kuhn, 43, Nix-33.465; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-33.526; 7. Todd Kane, 63, DePalma-33.569; 8. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-33.592; 9. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-33.631; 10. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-33.633; 11. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-33.732; 12. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-33.891; 13. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-33.930; 14. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-33.947; 15. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-33.951; 16. Jeff Swindell, 199, Edwards/RE-33.964; 17. John Heydenreich, 90, Heydenreich-33.980; 18. Shane Cottle, 5, Baldwin-34.015; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-34.076; 20. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-34.115; 21. Chris Urish, 77, Urish-34.170; 22. Justin Carver, 991, Edwards/RE-34.261; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Team 6R-34.345; 24. Mike Hess, 163, Aqualini-34.349; 25. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-34.418; 26. Rob Chaney, 97, SC-34.443; 27. Coleman Gulick, 114, Gulick-34.509; 28. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart/Curb Agajanian-34.544; 29. Davey Ray, 141, Fatt Fro-34.575; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-34.711; 31. Mike Martin, 116, Racing Associates-34.948; 32. Derek Hagar, 91, Hagar-35.231; 33. Rex Norris III, 08, Norris-35.429; 34. Von McGee, 65, Hartenstine-35.750; 35. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-NT; 36. Donnie Beechler, 14, McQuinn-NT.


 


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Shane Hmiel, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Kody Swanson (#23), 5. Dave Darland, 6. A.J. Fike, 7. John Heydenreich, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Shane Cottle, 10. Brian Tyler, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Coleman Gulick, 14. Todd Kane, 15. Randy Bateman, 16. Derek Hagar, 17. Chris Urish, 18. Mike Martin, 19. Justin Carver, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Rex Norris III, 22. Russ Gamester, 23. Shane Hollingsworth, 24. Von McGee, 25. Aaron Pierce, 26. Jeff Swindell, 27. Rob Chaney, 28. Mike Hess, 29. Murray Erickson, 30. Davey Ray, 31. Brad Kuhn, 32. Bobby East, 33. Tom Capie, 34. Donnie Beechler, 35. Jon Stanbrough. NT


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**East flipped on lap 10 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Jones, laps 5-51 Hmiel, Laps 52-54 Hollingsworth, Laps 55-76 Gamester, Laps 77-100 Hmiel.


 


NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Kaeding-171; 2-Coons-153; 3-Fike-150; 4-K.Swanson-133; 5-Hmiel-131; 6-Jones-124; 7-Tyler-111; 8-Hines-102; 9-Hagar-91; 10-Clauson-83.


 


NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: July 8 – Schererville, IN – Illiana Motor Speedway